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'''Obtenebration''' is the trademark [[Discipline (VTM)|Discipline]] of [[Clan (VTM)|clan]] [[Lasombra]] which grants them control over shadows and the supernatural darkness of the [[Abyss (oWOD)|Abyss]]. The unnatural darkness summoned by Obtenebration is extremely frightening to mortals, animals, and even other [[Cainite]]s unaccustomed to its use. The exact nature of this Discipline is unknown even among its greatest masters, and it has been a subject of religious, philosophical, and metaphysical debate among [[Vampire (oWOD)|vampires]] for millennia. Its greateat scholars are the followers of the [[Path of Night]] and practitioners of [[Abyss Mysticism]], which draws on knowledge of this Discipline in its rituals. While fairly common within the [[Sabbat]], Obtenebration is almost unknown in the [[Camarilla (VTM)|Camarilla]] and anyone seen using it would be regarded with extreme suspicion.
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'''Obtenebration''' is a [[Discipline (VTM)|Discipline]] that allows the Vampire to call forth powers from darkness. Its first ability is appropriately named Shadow Play since that is much of what this discipline is about. This Discipline is inherent in the [[Lasombra]] clan and is said to come from an Entity, more powerful than God and contained only by the sun. The abilities of Obtenebration are feared by mortals and animals.
 
   
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==Official Abilities==
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The [[clan (VTM)|clan]] [[Lasombra]] is the only to possess the natural affinities for this Discipline. [[Caitiff]] are also given the option of taking this as a Discipline, although most [[Storyteller]]s look down upon the clan exclusive disciplines as a choice.
  
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Included below are the official powers described in supplements for [[Vampire: The Masquerade]] and [[Dark Ages: Vampire]]. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.
   
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==Standard Abilities==
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===Standard Powers===
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* • '''Shadow Play''' {{ref|lvl1}}: Move and shape the natural shadows around you
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* •• '''Shroud of Night''' {{ref|lvl2}}: Blanket an area in a cloud of unnatural shadow that obscures light, sound, and heat
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* ••• '''Arms of the Abyss''' {{ref|lvl3}}: Summon black tentacles from the shadows to assist you
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* •••• (4) {{ref|lvl4}}
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** '''Black Metamorphosis''': Encase your body is nightmarish armor and grow black tentacles from your sides
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** '''Nightshades''': Create temporary objects made of shadow
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* ••••• '''Tenebrous Form''' {{ref|lvl5}}: Transform into pure shadow that can only be harmed by fire, sunlight, or magic
   
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===Advanced Powers===
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* '''''Shadow Play''''' •: Allows the Vampire to manipulate and control the shadows in his/her imediate vicinity
  
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* ••••• • (6) {{ref|lvl6}}
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* '''''Nocturne''''' ••: The Vampire creates a cloud or mass of shadow that can obscure light and muffle sound
  
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** '''Aegis of Shadows''': Cover yourself in powerful shadow armor
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* '''''Arms of Ahriman''''' •••: The Vampire summons inky, black tentacles out of the shadow and uses them as a weapon against his/her opponent
  
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** '''Call the Lamprey''':
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* '''''Nightshades''''' ••••: Allows the Vampire to summon shadow-crafted illusions
  
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** '''Darksome Embrace''':
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* '''''Tenebrous Avatar''''' •••••: The Vampire transforms his/her body into shadow. This shadowy figure is a reflection on the Vampire's inner nature
  
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** '''Eyes of the Night''' See without light, even through supernatural darkness
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* '''''Walk the Abyss''''' ••••••: Allows the Vampire transport his/herself by entering one shadow and emerging from another, within the vampire's range of sight
  
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** '''Shadowstep''': Teleport from shadow to shadow
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* ••••• •• (7) {{ref|lvl7}}
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** '''Death Shroud''':
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** '''Fortify Against Ahura Mazda''': Your shadows summoned through Obtenebration become resistant to sunlight
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** '''Shadow Slave''':
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** '''Shadow Twin''': Create a weaker shadow duplicate of yourself
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* ••••• ••• (8) {{ref|lvl8}}
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** '''Dark Hunter''': Summon an Abyssal creature to stalk your target
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** '''Inner Darkness''': Drawn the shadow into yourself to gain great power
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** '''Master of the Night''': Make someone addicted to sadistic acts
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** '''Night Shades''':
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** '''Oubliette''': Lock one person in a Abyssal prison
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* ••••• •••• (9) {{ref|lvl9}}
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** '''Ahriman's Demesne''': Blanket an area in darkness that devours everything it touches
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** '''Enter the Abyss''': Enter and leave the Abyss at any time, teleporting from shadow to shadow
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** '''Tchernabog''':
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* ••••• ••••• (10) {{ref|lvl10}}
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** '''Banishment''':
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** [[Plot Device]]
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== References ==
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{{note|lvl1}} '''Level 1'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Shadow Play
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 199
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|-
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| Shadow Play
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| [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
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| Pg. 156
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|-
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| Shadow Play
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| [[Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition]]
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| Pg. 169
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|-
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| Shadow Play
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| [[Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook]]
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| Pg. 200
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|}
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{{note|lvl2}} '''Level 2'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Shroud of Night
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 109
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|-
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| Nocturne
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| [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
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| Pg. 156
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|-
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| Shroud of Night
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| [[Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition]]
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| Pg. 169
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|-
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| Nocturne
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| [[Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook]]
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| Pg. 200
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|}
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{{note|lvl3}} '''Level 3'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Arms of the Abyss
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 109
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|-
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| Arms of Ahriman
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| [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
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| Pg. 156
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|-
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| Arms of the Abyss
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| [[Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition]]
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| Pg. 169
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|-
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| Arms of Ahriman
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| [[Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook]]
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| Pg. 200
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|}
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{{note|lvl4}} '''Level 4'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Nightshades
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 109
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|-
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| Nightshades
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| [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
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| Pg. 156
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|-
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| Black Metamorphosis
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| [[Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition]]
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| Pg. 169
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|-
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| Nightshades
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| [[Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook]]
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| Pg. 200
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|}
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{{note|lvl5}} '''Level 5'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Shadow Body
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 109
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|-
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| Tenebrous Form
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| [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
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| Pg. 157
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|-
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| Tenebrous Form
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| [[Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition]]
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| Pg. 169
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|-
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| Tenebrous Avatar
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| [[Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook]]
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| Pg. 200
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|}
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{{note|lvl6}} '''Level 6'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Call the Lamprey
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 110
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Eyes of the Night
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 110
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|-
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| Shadow Step
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| [[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 110
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|-
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| Walk the Abyss
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| [[Vampire: The Dark Ages]]
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| Pg. 201
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|-
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| Darksome Embrace
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| [[Dark Ages Companion]]
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| Pg. 86
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|-
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| Shadowstep
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| [[Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 111
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|-
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| The Darkness Within
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| [[Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 111
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|-
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| Walk the Abyss
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| [[Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook]]
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| Pg. 201
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|-
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| Aegis of Shadows
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| [[Players Guide to High Clans]]
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| Pg. 156
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|}
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{{note|lvl7}} '''Level 7'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Shadow Slave
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 112
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|-
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| Death Shroud
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| [[Dark Ages Companion]]
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| Pg. 87
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|-
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| Shadow Twin
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| [[Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 112
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|-
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| Fortify Against Ahura Mazda
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| [[Players Guide to High Clans]]
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| Pg. 157
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|}
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{{note|lvl8}} '''Level 8'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Entombment
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 110
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Master of the Night
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 110
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|-
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| Night Shades
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| [[Dark Ages Companion]]
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| Pg. 87
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|-
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| Dark Hunter
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| [[Libellus Sanguinis 1: Masters of the State]]
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| Pg. 30
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|-
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| Oubliette
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| [[Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 112
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|-
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| Inner Darkness
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| [[Players Guide to High Clans]]
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| Pg. 157
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|}
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{{note|lvl9}} '''Level 9'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Summon the Abyss
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 111
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|-
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| Tchernabog
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| [[Libellus Sanguinis 1: Masters of the State]]
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| Pg. 31
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|-
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| Ahriman's Demesne
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| [[Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 112
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|-
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| Enter the Abyss
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| [[Players Guide to High Clans]]
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| Pg. 158
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|}
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{{note|lvl10}} '''Level 10'''
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{|border="0"
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|-
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| style="width:200px" |Banishment
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| style="width:300px" |[[Players Guide to the Sabbat]]
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| Pg. 111
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|-
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| [[Plot Device]]
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| [[Gehenna (book)|Gehenna]]
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| Pg. 182
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|}
   
 
{{VTMdisciplines}}
  
{{VTMdisciplines}}
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[[Category:Vampire: The Masquerade]] [[Category:Glossary]] [[Category:Vampire: The Masquerade glossary]]

Revision as of 00:22, 31 December 2005

Obtenebration is the trademark Discipline of clan Lasombra which grants them control over shadows and the supernatural darkness of the Abyss. The unnatural darkness summoned by Obtenebration is extremely frightening to mortals, animals, and even other Cainites unaccustomed to its use. The exact nature of this Discipline is unknown even among its greatest masters, and it has been a subject of religious, philosophical, and metaphysical debate among vampires for millennia. Its greateat scholars are the followers of the Path of Night and practitioners of Abyss Mysticism, which draws on knowledge of this Discipline in its rituals. While fairly common within the Sabbat, Obtenebration is almost unknown in the Camarilla and anyone seen using it would be regarded with extreme suspicion.

Official Abilities

Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.

Standard Powers

  • • Shadow Play [1]: Move and shape the natural shadows around you
  • •• Shroud of Night [2]: Blanket an area in a cloud of unnatural shadow that obscures light, sound, and heat
  • ••• Arms of the Abyss [3]: Summon black tentacles from the shadows to assist you
  • •••• (4) [4]
    • Black Metamorphosis: Encase your body is nightmarish armor and grow black tentacles from your sides
    • Nightshades: Create temporary objects made of shadow
  • ••••• Tenebrous Form [5]: Transform into pure shadow that can only be harmed by fire, sunlight, or magic

Advanced Powers

  • ••••• • (6) [6]
    • Aegis of Shadows: Cover yourself in powerful shadow armor
    • Call the Lamprey:
    • Darksome Embrace:
    • Eyes of the Night See without light, even through supernatural darkness
    • Shadowstep: Teleport from shadow to shadow
  • ••••• •• (7) [7]
    • Death Shroud:
    • Fortify Against Ahura Mazda: Your shadows summoned through Obtenebration become resistant to sunlight
    • Shadow Slave:
    • Shadow Twin: Create a weaker shadow duplicate of yourself
  • ••••• ••• (8) [8]
    • Dark Hunter: Summon an Abyssal creature to stalk your target
    • Inner Darkness: Drawn the shadow into yourself to gain great power
    • Master of the Night: Make someone addicted to sadistic acts
    • Night Shades:
    • Oubliette: Lock one person in a Abyssal prison
  • ••••• •••• (9) [9]
    • Ahriman's Demesne: Blanket an area in darkness that devours everything it touches
    • Enter the Abyss: Enter and leave the Abyss at any time, teleporting from shadow to shadow
    • Tchernabog:


References

^  Level 1

Shadow Play Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 199
Shadow Play Vampire: The Dark Ages Pg. 156
Shadow Play Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 169
Shadow Play Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 200

^  Level 2

Shroud of Night Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 109
Nocturne Vampire: The Dark Ages Pg. 156
Shroud of Night Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 169
Nocturne Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 200

^  Level 3

Arms of the Abyss Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 109
Arms of Ahriman Vampire: The Dark Ages Pg. 156
Arms of the Abyss Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 169
Arms of Ahriman Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 200

^  Level 4

Nightshades Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 109
Nightshades Vampire: The Dark Ages Pg. 156
Black Metamorphosis Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 169
Nightshades Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 200

^  Level 5

Shadow Body Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 109
Tenebrous Form Vampire: The Dark Ages Pg. 157
Tenebrous Form Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition Pg. 169
Tenebrous Avatar Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 200

^  Level 6

Call the Lamprey Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 110
Eyes of the Night Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 110
Shadow Step Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 110
Walk the Abyss Vampire: The Dark Ages Pg. 201
Darksome Embrace Dark Ages Companion Pg. 86
Shadowstep Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 111
The Darkness Within Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 111
Walk the Abyss Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook Pg. 201
Aegis of Shadows Players Guide to High Clans Pg. 156

^  Level 7

Shadow Slave Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 112
Death Shroud Dark Ages Companion Pg. 87
Shadow Twin Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 112
Fortify Against Ahura Mazda Players Guide to High Clans Pg. 157

^  Level 8

Entombment Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 110
Master of the Night Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 110
Night Shades Dark Ages Companion Pg. 87
Dark Hunter Libellus Sanguinis 1: Masters of the State Pg. 30
Oubliette Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 112
Inner Darkness Players Guide to High Clans Pg. 157

^  Level 9

Summon the Abyss Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 111
Tchernabog Libellus Sanguinis 1: Masters of the State Pg. 31
Ahriman's Demesne Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 112
Enter the Abyss Players Guide to High Clans Pg. 158

^  Level 10

Banishment Players Guide to the Sabbat Pg. 111
Plot Device Gehenna Pg. 182
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